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CURTAIN sufom. APPLICAT'ON FILED AUG, l5, 1917 @amm Dec. 11,1912..

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'WILLIAM E. KURTZ, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORN..

CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Application iled August 15, 1917. Serial No. 186,308.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, W'LLLIAn E. KURTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident or' Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Curtain-Support, ol which the following is a full,'clear, and exact description. i

lvi'y invention relates tomeans for supporting curtains the type of curtain supports riers attached to the curtain travel in a guide secured to an overhead support.

The general object of my invention is to provide a curtain supporting means in which the wheeled curtain carriers are arranged to travel on tracks provided in a novel manner by a tubular supporting element in which the axles of thewheeled carriers are so formed and so arranged relatively to the supporting tube as to maintain the carriers against displacement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carrier supporting means improved in various particulars with respect to strength and efiiciency and with a View vto promote conveniencey in assembling or adjusting the parts.

The nature of the invention and its advantages will appear from the particular description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts inall the views, it ings are merely illustrative, of 'particular examples of the invention.

Figure l is a side elevation of a curtain supporting means embodying my invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation illustrating another form of the invention;

Fig. 3 is transverse vertical section of the ferm illustrated in Fig. Liz is a iongitiidinal vertical section or" 'the )arts shown iirFig. 3, a portion of the track being broken away;

F 5 is a transverse vertical section of the device illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring more in which carparticularly to the for of the invention illustrated in Figs. l, 3 and 4, the numeral l0 indicates alt/rack element which as eicariy seen in Fig.. 3 1s in the Specication of Letters Patent. v

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are adapted to being understood that the dr'aw-- vals as in the usual manner.

Patented Bec.. it, lld@ form of a liattened tube, the sides of which extend laterally inward toward each other and are curved in cross section or given an equivalent formation to form longitudinal depressions or track surfaces at the inner or upper sides thereof. The sides 1l are spaced'apart, thereby producing a longitun dinal slot l2 in the tube l0 at the under side. The Hattened tube 10 is adapted to be secured to any overhanging fixed support 13vby suitable fastening` means such as screws 14.

A series of wheeled carriers .is arranged to travel in the tube l0 on the tracks provided by the sides l1 of the tube.I Each 5?@ carrier includes-an axle l5 disposed transversely in the tube and having wheels 16 revoluble on the ends thereof. The space between the inner track surfaces of the sides ll andthe top of the tube l0 at the Sides is such as to require the wheels to travel in straight paths parallel with the slot 12, the limited verticaldimension or' the inten rior space and the u )wardly extending inner edges of the sides ll .preventing the wheels from assumin'gsuch angular positions as ,would cause binding or displacement of the carriers. Suspended on each carrier aXle 15 is a hanger 17, the form of which may be varied. As here shown the upper end, of the carrier is formed into an eye 18 loosely embracing the axle 15 while die lower end is formed 'into an eye 19 or given any equivalent formation to receive any approved fastening pin or ring @attached to a curtain. A, whereby to suspend the curtain in inter` For the purpose of utilizing the weight of the curtain and the hangers 17 for maintaining the axle l5 in proper transverse alinelnent in the an tube l0, saidaixle at the center thereof is formed with a bend 20 thereby producing a depression at the upper side of the axle in which the eye 18 of the hanger is received so that any twisting movement of the axle is we resisted. It will be apparent from the foregoing in connection with the drawing that the tube l() and the wheeled carriers may be cheaply produced; that the novel formation of the 'M5 flattened tube 10 with its sides 11 forming the tracks, provides in eiect longitudinal track depressions that properly guide and prevent displacement of the wheels; and that the depressions of the axles at the een il@ l. il

er toreceive the hangers coacts with the ing the latter. llnasmuch as the tube 10, the

wheeled carrier, and the hangers 17 are the same as in the first described construction, the same reference characters are employed. ".lhe metal covering 1 0b is, longitudinally slotted at the under side of the pole to register with the slot'12 of the tube 10 and the side edges of said covering are curved laterally inward and slightly upwardly to conform to the inward and upward bends of the track members 11. `With this-form of the invention each carrier 17 is provided with a curtain supporting device designated generally by the numeral 21 presenting side arms 23 approximately parallel for their major portions thereof with the round sides of the pole, rll `l1e de.vice k21 with its arms 23 is preferably' formed from a single rod or wire and extends transversely at the under side of the pole, thearms extending later-y ally and upwardly. Iltwill be obvious that any suitable means maybe employed for securing the' device. 21 to the hanger 17, the illustrated form serving4 the purpose and consisting of a loop 22 formed in the device 21 at the center, that is to say, at the juncture otA the arms 23, and engaging the said hanger. The arms 23 are provided with means whereby to secure the same to a curtain for which purpose in Athe illustrated vterm eyes2e are produced on the arms at their upper ends adapted to be sewed or otherwise secured to the curtain.

i.' wish to state in conclusionthat although the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention, l do not. limit myself strictly to `the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without de-r parture from the spirit of the invention as deined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, ll Y :infie ,eve

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A curtain supporting means including a flattened tube presenting .a longitudinally vdisposed top portion adapted to'be'secured 4to a curtain. y

2. A curtain supporting means including a flattened tube adapted to be secured toa support and formed at the under side with longitudinally disposed. members curved in cross section constituting wheel tracks, and wheeled curtain carriers, thel wheels where of run on said tracks, the space between the track surfacesv and the top of vthe flattened tube being slightly more than the diameter of the wheels.

3. A curtain supporting means including a tube presenting a longitudinal slot at its under side and having members at the sides ofthe'slot constituting track surfaces at the interior of the tube, transverse axle in said tube, the axle having a depression at the approximate center in line with the slot, wheels on the axle adapted to travel on said track surfaces, and a hanger suspended on the axle at the said depression and depending through the slot, said hanger having means whereby to secure the same to a curtain.

4. 'A curtain supporting' means including a pole, lcurtain carriers supported by the pole at the'under side to travel longitudinally, and curtain engaging means comprising side arms extending laterally in opposite directions and upwardly at the 'sides of the pole.

5. ln curtain supporting means employ ing a track and carriers thereon; a carrier, a hanger on said carrier, and. curtain securing means on said hanger and comprising side arms extending laterally in opposite directions from the hanger and upwardly, said arms having means for attaching the same to a curtain.

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